Nick Underwood: Yiddish Paris; Dovid Braun: Yiddish Studies at YIVO: an Update

This week, interviews with Nick Underwood and
Dovid Braun!




Interview with Nick Underwood on Yiddish
Paris and Nick's book Yiddish Paris: Staging Nation and
Community in Interwar France (Indiana University Press,
2022), which describes the rich Yiddish-speaking culture of
emigrants from Eastern Europe in Paris during the interwar
years. The interviewer is Sholem Beinfeld,
cohost of The Yiddish Voice, co-chief editor of Comprehensive
Yiddish-English Dictionary, and Professor of History,
Emeritus, Washington University, St. Louis.




Interview with Dovid Braun, Academic Advisor
in Yiddish Language, Pedagogy, and Linguistics at the Max
Weinreich Center at Yivo and academic director of YIVO’s
summer program, who gives an update on recent and upcoming
opportunities for Yiddish studies at YIVO. See YIVO.org's
website for classes starting in early September, 2023.




Music:


Songs loosely related to the theme Yiddish Paris:

Vira Lozinsky: In Pariz (À Paris) (Yiddish lyrics by
Mikhoel Felsenbaum, translated from Francis Lemarque's
original lyrics in French)

Dave Cash: Paris New York

Ana Vinocur: Dos Libn fun Pariz

Dave Cash: Dave Cash fun Pariz

Ludmila Shapira: Der Parizer Tango

Dave Cash: S'faln di Bleter (Autumn Leaves) (Les
Feuilles Mortes)



Intro instrumental music: DEM HELFANDS TANTS, an
instrumental track from the CD Jeff Warschauer: The Singing
Waltz





Air Date: August 23, 2023